Troy Mills brings high-upside, downhill linebacker production to Western Illinois
Mills is a physical, tackle-heavy linebacker whose 2023 season at California Lutheran showed real starting potential: 27 tackles in seven games, plus 2 tackles for loss and a career-high 9 tackles against Pomona-Pitzer, before a quieter 2024 season and no recorded 2025 game appearances at Western Illinois. His differentiators are a strong tackling resume, proven production as a freshman/sophomore, and a captain-level high school background with major defensive awards, suggesting leadership and effort are real parts of his game. If you want an instinctive, contact-first LB with upside, he fits.
